The development entity led by EA Fish
Companies, partnered with the Planning Office
of Urban Affairs of the Archdiocese of Boston
to develop an adaptive reuse, mixed-income,
and mixed-use campus of continuing care,
affordable housing and market rate housing
on the grounds of the former St. John of
God Hospital in Brighton, Massachusetts.
The multiple uses of this 5.5-acre site include
assisted living, a residence for people living with
HIV/AIDS, independent living for retired priests,
a skilled nursing facility, for-sale condominiums, surface and covered parking, and the
creation of an approximately 19,000 square foot public green. The proposed St. John of
God project was among the City of Boston's first affordable "Continuum of Care"
campus projects.

The development team financed the deal by cobbling together, state and local soft
debt, 4% tax credits and partnership equity. Among the project's biggest challenges were
obtaining project financing, rezoning the project, creating the project ownership structure
across a multitude of uses, and managing the project following stabilization. The vertically
integrated structure of EA Fish Companies was the key to the project's success.